Is it just me, or are all physical therapists incompetant?

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9 years ago 06/14/2014 7:13am EDT

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i hate PTs wrote:
I've been to many PTs and never found any of them to be helpful. They always seem more concerned your insurance than they are about treating your injury- everything about the treatment from the moment you walk in until the moment you leave revolves around insurance. Also, there is a very common tendency for therapists to ignore clinets while trying to cram in as many patients as possible at the same time. Finally, most of the exercises that PTs prescribe are utterly worthless. It's deplorable. Anybody else disgruntled with phyiscal therapy?

Could'nt have said it better myself

3 years ago 06/23/2020 9:33am EDT

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I have a horror story about P/T. I was sent there in January for low back pain and what was thought to be unrelated ileotibial band pain. I have a replaced right hip and a replaced left knee. The therapist was constantly making me do movements my orthopedic surgeon said were no-no's for people with replaced joints. This "therapist" also yanked on my legs, creating pain in my LEFT hip, which will likely now have to be replaced sooner than later. I was in so much pain after every session I would crawl up the stairs of our home on my hands and knees and crawl into bed, where I'd lie for 2 straight days until the next torture session. I saw ZERO improvement in a month's time and quit. Ended up getting an epidural steroid injection which stopped both the back AND the I/T band pain [they WERE related]. Feel great now. Will never entertain the thought of P/T EVER again; my spine doctor mentioned it last week at a follow-up appointment and I nearly burst into tears. It causes me THAT much panic and anxiety.

And YES, I spoke up at every session about the new problems the exercises were causing and was told "no pain, no gain". How about "I never come back and there will be NO PAIN?!"

3 years ago 06/23/2020 2:53pm EDT

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Not all are like that. But, there does seem to be a feeling that the majority of those "drills" could be done at home

1 year ago 12/09/2022 8:34am EST

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Just seen a physiotherapist at my gp practice (UK). Literally in for 10 minutes, most of which was answering survey questions. Then he sent me an email with some exercises. Thank goodness I didn't pay for this.

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